In order not to clutter up Sam's topic, I'm making a new topic to house all of the voting done on the budget.
The current budget is as follows:
The Atlasian Budget FY 2006[/b]
Branches of Government:1.
Legislative Branch: $4.376 billion
2.
Judicial Branch: $6.043 billion
3.
Executive Branch: a. Executive Office of the President: $0.342 billion
b. General Services Administration: $0.230 billion
c. Other Independent Agencies: $17.134 billion (+0.050 billion)
Total: $28.125 billionCabinet Departments1.
Defense and Security Department:
$631.636 billion a. Corps of Engineers – Civil Works: $3.989 billion
b. Defense Sub-Dept. (military): $432.853 billion (+$30.220 billion)
c. Energy Sub-Dept.: $23.118 billion (+$1.020 billion)
d. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): $7.636 billion
e. Homeland Security Sub-Dept.: $31.414 billion
f. Interior Sub-Dept.: $10.591 billion
g. National Aeronautics and Space Administration: $16.245 billion
h. Other Defense Civil Programs: $40.505 billion
i. Veterans Affairs Sub-Dept.: $65.285 billion
2.
Treasury and Social Services Department $1,917.608 billion ($1.92 trillion) a. Agriculture Sub-Dept.: $84.283 billion (+$1.000 billion)
b. Commerce Sub-Dept: $5.837 billion
c. Education Sub-Dept.: $84.084 billion (+$17.650 billion)
d. Health and Human Services Sub-Dept.: $571.589 billion
e. Housing and Urban Development Sub-Dept.: $34.042 billion
f. Labor Sub-Dept.: $57.321 billion
g. National Science Foundation: $5.770 billion
h. Office of Personnel Management: $63.688 billion
i. Small Business Administration: $0.681 billion
j. Social Security Administration: $555.031 billion
k. Transportation Sub-Dept.: $58.771 billion (+$0.395 billion)
l. Treasury Sub-Dept.: $396.511 billion
3.
Justice Dept: $21.776 billion4.
State and International Affairs Dept. $29.150 billion a. State Sub-Dept.: $10.893 billion
b. International Assistance Programs: $18.257 billion
Total: $2,600.170 billion ($2.60 trillion)Allowances: -$0.798 billionTotal (BA): $2,627.497 billion ($2.63 trillion)
Offsetting Receipts: $111.204 billionPROPOSED BUDGET
$2,516.293 Billion[/b][/i]
PROJECTED REVENUES
$2,012.000 Billion[/i]
PROJECTED BUDGET DEFICIT
$504.293 Billion[/i]
The first amendment to this budget is to cut the following:
From
Other Independent Agencies ($417 million):
Elimination of the
Election Assistance Commission at a savings of $50 million to the Atlasian taxpayer. (lines 386-397).
Rationale: Unnecessary because of position of SoFAElimination of the
Federal Election Commission at a savings of $52 million to the Atlasian taxpayer. (lines 617-622)
Rationale: Unnecessary because of position of SoFAElimination of the
National Archives and Records Administration at a savings of $304 million to the Atlasian Taxpayer (lines 823-879)
Rationale: Unnecessary in Atlasia. The Atlas Wiki forms our Archives and RecordsElimination of the
Office of Government Ethics at a savings of $11 million to the Atlasian taxpayer.
Not really needed in Atlasia. We can police our own ethical problems (not naming names).From
General Services Administration ($20 million):
Elimination of the
Electronic Government (E-Gov) fund at a savings of $5 million to the Atlasian Taxpayer (lines 103-111).
Rationale: Unnecessary in Atlasia. The Atlas Wiki forms our Electronic Services to the public.Elimination of
FCIC (Federal Citizen Information Center) at a savings of $15 million to the Atlasian Taxpayer (lines 129-138).
Rationale: Unnecessary in Atlasia. The Atlas Wiki forms our Electronic Services to the public.From
Department of the Treasury (Treasury Sub-Dept.)
($55 million):
Elimination of the
Presidential Election Campaign fund at a savings of $55 million to the Atlasian Taxpayer (lines 76-78)
Rationale: Unnecessary because of position of SoFAFrom
Department of the Treasury (Commerce Sub-Dept.)
($848 million):
Elimination of the
Bureau of the Census at a savings of $848 million to the Atlasian Taxpayer. (lines 106-148)
Rationale: Unnecessary because of position of SoFA
I hereby open voting on these cuts. All senators in favor, vote "aye"; all against, vote "nay".
